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CEFRB2

/ˈʃɛvɹən/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A V-shaped mark or pattern.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A wide inverted V placed on a shield.

Examples

  • The company logo features a chevron design.

  • The military uniform had a yellow chevron sewn on the sleeve.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.

  2. A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve.

  3. A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.

More examples

In context

  • The chevron pattern is very popular.

  • ...the sheet to be chevroned locks itself into the furrow.

  • 2009, Jamie Dunn, Truckie has a point, Sunshine Coast Daily Online, June 13, 2009. I told you that in fact they were called chevrons and it was an exercise by the transport department to teach us to stay two chevrons behind the car in front.

Synonyms

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The soldier's sleeve displayed a single black blank indicating his rank.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English cheveroun, from Old French chevron, the mark so called because it looks like rafters of a shallow roof, from Vulgar Latin *capriō, from Latin caper (“goat”), the likely connection between goats and rafters being the animal's horns.